I read this one threw and just about died laughing. If there is a REAL HIP out there, I do not own it. I thank Narukasaky for part of the following plot idea. So now Bob the original plot bunny has a drunkard cousin that has yet to be named. Narukasaky, I'll let you name it. Bloody hell, someone get Totalanimelover someone who can do CPR immediately. Breath. I don't want to get sued for a death... Not yet anyway... Thank you everyone who reviewed. I just might turn you into random Captains and Commanders when the ball finall arrives. So watch out for a post on that. Otherwise, enjoy.
The House of International Pabulum, or also known as HIP... Everyone in the truck stared. Everyone stared at the large yellow sign that had the lights off in some of the letters to where it said The Huse of nterntiona Pablm. In addition, the letter 'P' was flashing. The gloomy looking white brick building was not only somewhat ugly but also very small and its black roof looked like it could fall in at any moment. The building, mostly blocked by large willow trees, from the presence of the four-lane road behind them. The concrete under the truck was cracked and old with weeds and grass growing in between them. All the windows had the blinds closed and they flickered from candle light.
Kira and Miriallia looked at it and both busted out laughing. They had seen many poor conditioned places, but this was just ridiculous. Apparently, PLANTs was not all sunshine and puffy clouds with a birds singing in the air. Well technically, they did not have a real 'sun' or 'puffy clouds', they were just images to make it seem more Earth like. Moreover, neither Kira nor Miriallia had seen a bird since they arrived with the exception of Birdie who was now being rest with a very long needed rest after the little incident a while ago happened. Thank God for the off button otherwise, our dear friend Athrun would be dead.
Everyone except for Murrue looked at the two strangely. They all wondered how two people could find something this pathetically depressing utterly humorous. Murrue's lips even turned upright and a grin lay on her face. She needed a picture of this place to staple to the bulletin board in the coffee lounge aboard the Archangel.
Kira calmed down after awhile, holding his sides tightly from the pain due to lack of air. Miriallia calmed down just a few moments later with her hair slightly more roughed up than before. They took in gasps of air and continued to look at the, well calling it a building is offensive to other buildings around the universe, shabby bistro.
"What the hell is so funny?" Shinn bellowed mostly at Kira but gave Miriallia a quick side-glance.
"Oh, we're sorry it's just that we haven't seen a place this badly kept since the last war." Kira apologized remorsefully.
"Even while I was a photographer I hadn't seen something like this that was still, well, habitable." Miriallia smiled.
"I can't blame you there." Talia spoke softly and slowly. A quick moving blur caught her coordinator reflexes that moved from one of the two large willow trees to the immobile truck. Her lips quickly smiled a large grin at the panicked young man now clinging to the side of the truck for dear life.
"What in the world were they thinking when they got our reservations at this horrid place!" His British accent (I absolutely love his British accent. Then again, I love all British accents. Rawr!) almost making some of the syllables sound like high-pitched girls squeals. "The Chairman's secretary must be getting revenge on him by sending us here."
Kira sighed in desperation, "I say we hit up a grill and bar."
"Partially smashed before going to a formal ball?" Miriallia smirked at Kira.
"Of course," He smiled brightly, "Its how every great party is started."
"There's one off 5th Avenue." Arthur quickly affirmed.
"Very good then. Jump aboard and we'll be on our way." DaCosta nodded to Arthur, who clumsily climbed into the bed of the truck. They drove off to the restaurant quickly and filed out of the vehicle.
They were seated at a large round booth in the not very crowded place. ZAFT sat on one side of the two semi-circular booths to form the round booth and the Archangel on the other side. The waiter promptly took their orders and brought them their drinks with straws.
Kira was becoming bored and with Birdie in his pocket shut off for a few more hours, he had nothing to entertain him. The older populace of the table were in discussions of past things they have done or things that they want to do. The girls were in a discussion of what they wanted to wear to the ball or what type of man they like. Rey had pulled a book out of his pocket and Athrun was constantly being inquired about things from the two young ZAFT female pilots. Kira's lips quickly turned into a smirk that was not seen by any of the other people at the table.
Everyone else was busy except for himself… and Shinn…
The red eyed youth just happened to be sitting in front of him and they both were located at the end of the table. He pulled off the paper from the straw and began to fold it into a triangular form. He knew red irises were following every movement of his hands. Once he was done creating his little paper masterpiece, also known as a paper football, flicked it over to Shinn, careful enough that no one at the table saw.
Shinn's reflexes immediately caught it in his right hand and hid it under the table. He carefully inspected the little piece of paper folded in his hand. All the folds were neat and there was not a flaw in sight. He looked up across the table to see a smirking Kira, his thumb tips pressed together and his index fingers pointed towards the ceiling where sitting on the edge of the table.
Shinn couldn't help but smile as his eye light up in excitement. He placed the small paper football in front of him and positioned his fingers coiled behind it. He flicked it back over to Kira, sending it right between Kira's index fingers and onto his lap. 'Two points,' Shinn mouthed.
Kira smiled and was about to flick the paper football back over to Shinn when the waiter came back over with their food. Kira, surprised, quickly shoved the football into his mouth to hide it from view.
The waiter was passing out the food when Murrue looked over to Kira who looked stiff and edgy. "What's wrong, Kira?"
Stunned, Kira accidentally swallowed the football. He coughed slightly while Shinn burst out into laughter. Kira breathlessly cursed at Shinn under his heavy intake of air. The rest of the table just looked between the two suspiciously.
(About 20 minutes later)
Everyone had finished their food and had gotten slightly tipsy, but was still aware of everything around them. Luckily, DaCosta decided to play 'big brother' and didn't drink so he was nominated designated driver of the day. Cheers!
They sat around the table laughing and giggling at the stupid things fellow crew man have done on their ships while during or after the first war. So after stating that, Murrue just HAD to bring up the time when Kira, Mwu, Kuzzey, Sai, and Tolle had hacked into the women's bathroom to find Miriallia and Flay showering. Miriallia and Kira immediately blushed.
"I had nothing to do with it and neither did Mwu." Kira quickly objected.
"Is that so? Ensign Koening said you were the brains of the operation." Murrue had a sly smile on her face.
Kira looked shocked. "Why that no good rotten little pervert." He seethed out. "That's it! Miriallia, where getting a red outfit of some sort and we're going to dance on his grave!" Kira said vindictively with a finger pointing to the ceiling.
Miriallia laughed. "Sure thing, Kira, and while we're at it should we buy you a pink tutu as well?" She laughed harder.
Kira blushed brighter. "Should we get you another one of those pink poka-doted strapless bras?" He smiled with revenge and sugary sweetness laced with each word.
It was Miriallia's turn to blush crimson. "Should we get you and Athrun a room for two?!" She sniped back.
Athrun blushed. "How about we get you and Dearka a medical bed on the Archangel together?!"
Murrue decided to stop the fuss. "That's enough from you three."
Miriallia, evidently was a little more than tipsy, challenged the Captain. "Should we play the tape of you and Mwu getting it on, on the bridge?"
Murrue got red in the face from embarrassment. "There's a tape?!"
Andrew coughed and excused himself to the men's bathroom.
Miriallia nodded and Kira laughed. "Yes. Neumann had a video recorder on in the bridge to make sure no one tampered with anything. Andy has it now for, what he said, 'safe keeping'." She started to laugh.
While all this was happening Luna was taking notes under the table of everything said so she could gossip it back to the others on the Minerva. DaCosta did his best to stay invisible. Shinn and Rey were watching with amusement. Arthur was slightly dazed staring at Murrue's chest. And Captain Talia had to hold in laughs. Meyrin couldn't help but start laughing.
Murrue, still in a slightly drunken rage, barked at Meyrin, "We know what you were doing too on the Minerva. You had left a comm. link on with the Archangel. Gossiping like that with your sister about fellow soldiers is in no way respecting."
Meyrin and Luna flushed pink. Captain Talia looked between the two. "You two did what?"
Miriallia piped up, "They thought Rey looks like a girl and Shinn carries a pink phone around, so they believed that the two were gay."
"You thought what!" Shinn's cheeks and nose went a bright shade of red. Rey looked shocked.
"Well I know that you two have a 'hot' rating list of the entire ship!" Shocking everyone, Rey spoke up.
Talia gently nudged Rey in the side and whispered, "What number am I?"
He whispered back, "Don't worry. You're number 7 on the women's list."
"Yes! I'm in the top ten!" She whispered under her breath.
"And you've been plotting to make Vino wear a dress!" Shinn spouted off.
"Well we know that you wear a woman's size uniform, Shinn!" Luna barked at him first. "And that you have a pink hair brush from Chairman Dullindal, Rey!"
Kira finally broke down with laughter, "You where a female sized uniform?"
"You're one to laugh, Kira, because you do too." Athrun spoke up.
"And how do you know that, Athrun?" Shinn questioned.
"Err…" He paused. "You see…"
Oh a cliffy! Whoo hoo!
So how does Athrun know? wink wink And who's number one on the women's list? When did Rey get a hairbrush from the Chairman? Where's the tape of Mwu and Murrue? Who knows. Maybe Bob's drunkard of a cousin.
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